The information I found that will be most helpful in my
speech was in video 7.1. Knowing about supporting material can be helpful in my
demonstration speech particularly when I talk about the history behind my
demonstration, but it will also be good to know when to include stories when I
talk about how my project affected me personally. The first thing that I
learned was that narratives can be useful, but that they only show one
perspective, and if they are too long they can be distracting and take away
from your speech. Examples can be helpful to clarify something that is
confusing, but they are not usually “generalizable”, meaning that may not
accurately represent your topic. Definitions are pretty self-explanatory, but
they can be boring if you just continually define everything in your speech. I will definitely be sure to choose my
supporting materials carefully, and now I have a greater understanding of the
pros and cons of each type of material that I can use.
Something you forgot to mention about the definition, which I feel is important and relates to what we talk about last week, is people already have set definitions. Meaning they will not always be receptive to a new definition, which could cause communication errors. This is especially true in the science field, were biologists have different words than chemists, or the share a word, but mean different things. Which causes confusion and sometimes arguments. Also, words mean different things in different countries, for example England and America. Same language, many different meanings for words.
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